SAN DIEGO, CA - APRIL 10: Chris Young #24 of the Arizona Diamondbacks hits a two-run home run during the 10th inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park on April 10, 2012 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images)

Photo: Denis Poroy, Getty Images

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Oakland Athletics Cliff Pennington hits his batting helmet on the ground after being thrown out at first base in the fourth inning of their ALDS game with the Detroit Tigers Sunday October 7, 2012 in Detroit MI

Billy Beane said less than two weeks ago that he wanted to bring back the players from the 2012 A's team next year, and Saturday, the A's general manager emphasized that adding All-Star center fielder Chris Young doesn't change that.

Beane has no plans to deal any of the A's regular outfielders, he said on a conference call after sending infielder Cliff Pennington and minor-league infielder Yordy Cabrera to Arizona for Young, 29. The Diamondbacks then traded Cabrera to the Miami Marlins for reliever Heath Bell.

Center fielder Coco Crisp had been the subject of immediate trade speculation when Saturday's deal was announced, because Young is a center fielder.

"I really like our outfielders," Beane said, adding of Crisp, "Everybody knows how important this guy is to this team, and he also is a personal favorite of mine."

Beane noted that Crisp and left fielder Yoenis Céspedes combined to miss 75 games last season; another everyday outfielder could help reduce wear and tear on both, and as Beane mentioned, the A's were at their best when both Crisp and Céspedes were healthy.

That means Jonny Gomes, a pending free agent who was the A's most prominent leader, is unlikely to be re-signed. Manager Bob Melvin had expressed a desire to bring Gomes back, and Beane had said Gomes fell "under the umbrella" of wanting to bring everyone back next season, but Saturday, Beane acknowledged that the Young deal "will have an impact" on Gomes.

Gomes wants to come back, and he said in a text message that that has not changed, "but being the only player not under team control, I might be the odd man out."

Young will earn $8.5 million next season, but the A's received $500,000 toward that in Saturday's deal. That gives the usually low-budget team some pricey outfielders: Céspedes will make $8.5 million and Crisp $7 million.

Then there is shortstop Stephen Drew, who has a mutual option for $10 million next year. All along, the A's had hoped to bring back Drew - also acquired from Arizona, in August - but Pennington was Plan B at shortstop. Saturday's deal indicates that Oakland feels good about the prospects of getting Drew back; the top in-house candidate for the job is utility infielder Adam Rosales, and shortstop-of-the-future Addison Russell is two years away from the big leagues.

Drew's agent, Scott Boras, said he hasn't yet begun talks with the A's, but, "It's very clear how well Stephen played there, particularly at shortstop."

Beane said the A's payroll will go up; the club's strong performance last year is something the team would like to build upon, and last winter's trades trimmed payroll while providing cost control.

One big-league executive said he was surprised to hear that the A's do not plan to move Crisp after acquiring Young, but he said that if anyone can handle rotating four everyday outfielders, it would be Melvin, who successfully juggled as many as four or five platoons this past season.

"I can't imagine they got Young to sit him," the executive said.

Beane said Scott Sizemore will go back to second base, the spot Pennington played after Drew was acquired, and Josh Donaldson will remain at third.

Young knows Melvin well and is looking forward to playing for him again, and he was also paying attention to what Oakland did down the stretch and in the postseason.

"Honestly, I was pulling for them," he said. "I've always been a fan of the teams that have been able to beat the odds."

Young's career stats

Chris Young has a career .239 batting average, .318 on-base percentage and .437 slugging percentage. Here are the year-by-year totals for some key stats: